Richie Ramone is the fastest, most powerful drummer who ever played with the legendary punk-rock band the Ramones, and he wrote several popular songs during his five years in the group, including "Somebody Put Something in My Drink." He's recorded with Chubby Checker and the B-52's Fred Schneider, and has written and arranged for jazz and ...
While he was in the band, Richie Ramone was openly praised for his songwriting by Joey Ramone: "We wanted [Richie] to feel a part of the band. We never let the drummer write before, because John, Dee Dee and I felt like we were the band. Marc Bell would try to give us songs, but they weren't any good -- he wouldn't even write them, his brother would. But Richie's a regular Phil Collins.".
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Richie's best known Ramones song, "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" was featured on the album Ramones Mania, the only Ramones album to go gold.
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Played drums for The Ramones from 1983 to 1987 replacing Marky Ramone. The Richie-era albums are "Subterranean Jungle", "Too Tough to Die", "Animal Boy", and "Halfway to Sanity". Marky then returned to the band in 1989.
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According to Richie on a Ramones documentary, one of the reasons he was dissatisfied with the band was because he didn't get a piece of the t-shirt and poster sales.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richie Ramone Criminal
2013
Short
Thug, Drums, Vocals
The Band
2009
Bar Manager
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009
writer: "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"
Like Father Like Son
1987
writer: "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richie Ramone Criminal
2013
Short
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Band
2009
thanks
The Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996
2007
Video special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kill My Coquette: Post Teenage Angst
2016
Video short
Himself
Artist of Gallery Beat Belin
2016
Documentary short
Himself
Fashion News Live
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996
2007
Video
Himself
End of the Century
2003
Documentary
Himself
15 Minutes
1987
TV Series
Himself - The Ramones
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lifestyles of the Ramones
1990
Video
Himself (uncredited)
Known for movies
End of the Century (2003) as Himself
Richie Ramone Criminal (2013) as Thug, Drums, Vocals
$18 Million
